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this has been special coverage of the connecticut elementary school tragedy. we will continue tomorrow, including the visit of the president of the united states. you're watching msnbc. i'm chris jansing. thank you so much for joining us. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still "stubbed" up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have a decongestant. no way. [ male announcer ] sorry. alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms plus has a fast acting decongestant to relieve your stuffy nose. [ sighs ] thanks! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus. ♪ oh what a relief it is! ♪ [ male announcer ] to learn more about the cold truth and save $1 visit alka-seltzer on facebook.
this has been special coverage of the connecticut elementary school tragedy. we will continue tomorrow, including the visit of the president of the united states. you're watching msnbc. i'm chris jansing. thank you so much for joining us. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still "stubbed" up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have a decongestant. no...
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connecticut's got a very strong set of gun laws. an assault weapons ban that ironically did not cover the weapon used in this case apparently. they tried to limit the high capacity clips. >> okay. >> and they faced tremendous pressure and weren't able to do that, and they still have tough laws. how do you change the dynamic? you say this does change it automatically. >> david, having tough laws is one thing and enforcing those laws is something different. a legislator's job is to come up with laws, to come up to agreements, get everybody into a room, form a bipartisan coalition, get everybody something. get the majority get the most of it. an executive's job is to make a decision. an executive's job is to go out and take the law and apply it and given the intent of the law. that's exactly what we do in new york. the fact that we have the lowest murder rate of any big city in the country says we know what we are doing and we have it every year. we have had a reduction in murder rate virtually every single year for the last 20 years.
connecticut's got a very strong set of gun laws. an assault weapons ban that ironically did not cover the weapon used in this case apparently. they tried to limit the high capacity clips. >> okay. >> and they faced tremendous pressure and weren't able to do that, and they still have tough laws. how do you change the dynamic? you say this does change it automatically. >> david, having tough laws is one thing and enforcing those laws is something different. a legislator's job is...
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investigators now say that the 26 children and adults killed in a connecticut elementary school were shot by a high-powered rifle and all were shot multiple times. president obama will be in connecticut sunday morn think and hillary clinton will not tef this week on a hearing on benghazi. she is still recovering from a fall and a concussion. first, let's get you back to our program. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. there are 2 million people behind bars in america. we open the gates, "lockup." >> as is the case at many maximum security prisons, some inmates locked up for rule infractions at alabama's holman correctional fassellety complain about unfair treatment. warden grantt culliver says they're not only fair, but reflect what the public expects of the prison system. >> once a year, every prisoner in holman comes up for a progress review before warden culliver and supervisor james powers. >> this is your annual progress review. we'll come up with a determination of his needs, whether his needs can be met here or needs to be moved to a facility where
investigators now say that the 26 children and adults killed in a connecticut elementary school were shot by a high-powered rifle and all were shot multiple times. president obama will be in connecticut sunday morn think and hillary clinton will not tef this week on a hearing on benghazi. she is still recovering from a fall and a concussion. first, let's get you back to our program. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. there are 2 million people behind bars...
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. >> today authorities released the name of the 26 victims killed in a connecticut elementary school. 12 girls, eight boys. six adults killed were all women. >>> president obama will attend a memorial in newtown, connecticut tomorrow. >>> in california, a 42-year-old man in custody after shots are fired at a mall in newport beach. n more news in one hour. right now we'll take you become to "lockup." >>> 100 mile east of prague are the moravian island. # considered the green heart of the nation interesting highland consist of small villages like this. population 420. an almost equal number of men live right next door in this medieval castle. mirov prison. >> filming in mirov was extremely difficult in the sense that everywhere you turn there is a beautiful shot and you want to stop and go oh, there's another one. get another shot. we didn't have that kind of time. we had other elements in the story to capture and different people we wanted to talk to. but you could spend all day, two days, three days, just shooting these beautiful, incredible architecture type shots. >> the nation's ol
. >> today authorities released the name of the 26 victims killed in a connecticut elementary school. 12 girls, eight boys. six adults killed were all women. >>> president obama will attend a memorial in newtown, connecticut tomorrow. >>> in california, a 42-year-old man in custody after shots are fired at a mall in newport beach. n more news in one hour. right now we'll take you become to "lockup." >>> 100 mile east of prague are the moravian island....
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in stanford, connecticut. they were forming unions in a none union environment. when wierp forming unions there about a decade ago almost no worker had a union. so people say there's no leverage there. we created a bottom-up structure said said we'll talk to other workers and have the workers talk to their religious leader in the region about why having union matters. and then we'll have them all talk to their pta and little league and soccer coach and soccer mom and we began a broad based grassroots strategy to reeducate people about how we created good jobs in the country and the base came from the churches, sip goings, mosques, the parent-teacher association, little league and soccer fields we collectively formed an organization to begin to fight. that's leverage at the polls and leverage against the employers. it was a grassroots effort by a whole community rising up and saying, we have to create it by forming union and defending workers and forming union and we shifted an entire market in southern connecticut from nonunion to union in several years by taking
in stanford, connecticut. they were forming unions in a none union environment. when wierp forming unions there about a decade ago almost no worker had a union. so people say there's no leverage there. we created a bottom-up structure said said we'll talk to other workers and have the workers talk to their religious leader in the region about why having union matters. and then we'll have them all talk to their pta and little league and soccer coach and soccer mom and we began a broad based...
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it's a small new england town in this area, a very rural area in the central part of connecticut here and the school, certainly k through 4 that we mentioned. we don't have the identification and the ages of the school children and their names that are being released. what we are being told is that investigators are processing that school now. they will be dealing with the identification of those students and trying to return them as the governor sends connecticut back to their families so they can mourn and grieve their loss at this time. the community just certainly now getting out of the sadness and shock part and this grief heavily starting to set in. what we don't know about the shooter at this time is his exact identification. they're trying to process that information, as well. there are numerous reports that they're trying to figure out the exact identification that they had on him at the time. but the main focus here for law enforcement and for first responders is dealing with those families who have lost those children. 18 who died at that school this morning, chris. two oth
it's a small new england town in this area, a very rural area in the central part of connecticut here and the school, certainly k through 4 that we mentioned. we don't have the identification and the ages of the school children and their names that are being released. what we are being told is that investigators are processing that school now. they will be dealing with the identification of those students and trying to return them as the governor sends connecticut back to their families so they...
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tonight, we have an hour to get on top of this tragedy in connecticut, to understand why things like this happen will, of course, take much longer. we have michelle franzen on the scene in newtown, connecticut, clint van sandt, we have psychiatrist josh winer and psychologist jeff gardier. we have kristin welker, u.s. congresswoman karen mckelthy who entered politics after her husband was killed in a multiple shooting on a commuter train. and james johnson, baltimore county police chief. first we go for an immediate update to my msnbc colleague michelle franzen. michelle, thank you for staying with us tonight. >> hi, kri chris. we're here in newtown area of connecticut just nearby a couple of miles from sandy hook elementary where the tragic shooting took place earlier today. at this hour, hundreds of residents are gathering at a nearby catholic church for a vigil, hold ago prayer for those victims who had lost their lives today, those youngest lives, anywhere between kindergarten and fourth grade where
tonight, we have an hour to get on top of this tragedy in connecticut, to understand why things like this happen will, of course, take much longer. we have michelle franzen on the scene in newtown, connecticut, clint van sandt, we have psychiatrist josh winer and psychologist jeff gardier. we have kristin welker, u.s. congresswoman karen mckelthy who entered politics after her husband was killed in a multiple shooting on a commuter train. and james johnson, baltimore county police chief. first...
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connecticut has a gun violence law. and an assault weapon ban, but we need to do better. >> what about the mental health component of all of this? there is a picture that is starting to be painted of the shooter here, it appears at least that he had some type of personality disorder. what more can we be doing for folks like this? what can we do for parents who have unstable children that they can't control. >> connecticut has a mem health outreach effort, which certainly could be enhanced and increased. we have enforcement efforts that could receive more resources, you know, we tend to focus on new laws, but some of what has to be done is better enforcement of the laws that we have right now with more resources to those police and the atf and other agencies that have their mission as prevention of this kind of crime. but the mental health outreach and treatment certainly is an area that can be improved with additional resources to identify people before they enter into this kind of rampage, which certainly has disastrou
connecticut has a gun violence law. and an assault weapon ban, but we need to do better. >> what about the mental health component of all of this? there is a picture that is starting to be painted of the shooter here, it appears at least that he had some type of personality disorder. what more can we be doing for folks like this? what can we do for parents who have unstable children that they can't control. >> connecticut has a mem health outreach effort, which certainly could be...
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to newtown, connecticut. we go straight to michelle franzen who is on the grown. michelle, what can we expect to find out at this news conference that's
to newtown, connecticut. we go straight to michelle franzen who is on the grown. michelle, what can we expect to find out at this news conference that's
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nbc's kristen welker is in connecticut for us. what can you tell us about the president's visit later today? >> reporter: alex, i can tell that you when he arrives here a little bit later on this afternoon, he will meet with victims, family members as well as first responders. he will be offering his support and condolences, not only as the president but also as a father, as a husband. later on this evening, he will speak here at the newtown high school at an interfaith prayer vigil. white house officials tell me that his speech will be focused on the families, on this community. do not expect to hear any policy in that speech, alex. this is becoming an all too familiar trip that president obama is making. this will be the fourth time that he will have visited a community that has been ravaged and torn apart by gun violence this past summer, he visit aurora, colorado, in the wake of that massacre. last year, it was tucson, arizona, after a gunman killed six people and critically wounded arizona congressman gabrielle giffords. of c
nbc's kristen welker is in connecticut for us. what can you tell us about the president's visit later today? >> reporter: alex, i can tell that you when he arrives here a little bit later on this afternoon, he will meet with victims, family members as well as first responders. he will be offering his support and condolences, not only as the president but also as a father, as a husband. later on this evening, he will speak here at the newtown high school at an interfaith prayer vigil....
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state police on the tragedy in new town, connecticut. coverage continues live with alex witt, next. >> thank you so much, melissa. welcome, everyone to ""weekends with alex witt."" that lieutenant paul vance of connecticut state police, talking about the many facets of this investigation. some things he can answer, others he cannot. he says taking these things out of context makes for a very difficult way for people to understand what's happening and they are trying so desperately to keep things as clear as possible. once again, so many layers that they still have yet to investigate. and of course, so many questions remain about why the shooter, adam lanza, took those young children's lives as well as his mother's. joining me now with the latest in the investigation is nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. pete, a good day to you. did we hear anything new there? >> reporter: the only thing
state police on the tragedy in new town, connecticut. coverage continues live with alex witt, next. >> thank you so much, melissa. welcome, everyone to ""weekends with alex witt."" that lieutenant paul vance of connecticut state police, talking about the many facets of this investigation. some things he can answer, others he cannot. he says taking these things out of context makes for a very difficult way for people to understand what's happening and they are trying so...